Here are a couple of examples of an interesting sub-genre of movie books – the ‘behind the scenes’ making of…. The Live And Let Die book, unusually, does seem to have been authored by Roger Moore himself (albeit probably with the help of a ghost-writer). It is an interesting personal journal of his journey becoming…
Movie novelisations
The movie “novelisation” is a concept that really took off in the late 70s. Movies adapted from novels have been a thing since the birth of cinema. A few selected movies also were published in book form way back when, notably the original King King. But the popularity of novelisations based on original movie scripts…
1970s poster magazines
These poster magazines became quite a thing for movie buffs in the UK in the 70s. I have already posted on my collection of Monster Mag, which folded out to reveal a huge, and usually gory, movie still. Not to be outdone, these rival themed horror poster mags promised ‘two giant posters inside.” In its…
King Kong
The original 1933 King Kong has always been one of my favourite movies. I love everything about it, from concept to execution, and IMHO it still holds up nearly 90 years later. It was – and remains – a technical marvel of stop-motion animation. Animator Willis O’Brien managed to bring real pathos to an…